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Protesters delivered 125,000 signatures to Amazon’s Seattle heaquarters Wednesday asking the company to stop donating to the Boy Scouts of America. (Photo: KCPQ-TV)

SEATTLE — Protesters turned in more than 125,000 signatures to Amazon.com asking the company to stop financially supporting the Boy Scouts of America.

Gay rights groups joined an ousted gay scoutmaster from Seattle and a gay Eagle Scout as they delivered the signatures Wednesday to Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.

Former Scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath says Amazon is violating its own anti-discrimination policy with its charitable ‘AmazonSmile’ program. That program prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.

“That’s their policy,” McGrath said. “It’s a good policy, but Boy Scouts of America has a long history of showing contempt for gay people, for the needs of gay kids and kicking gay adults to the curb.”

Among those who delivered signatures was a Seattle-area Eagle Scout who has a twin brother who’s also an Eagle Scout and gay. They decided to gather signatures after approaching Amazon with their concerns and not hearing back.

“I’m here, BSA and Amazon, that the sexual orientation of my twin brother has nothing to do with the content of his character and is none of your business in the first place,” the Eagle Scout said.

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asmith12342000

I am fed up with the bullying tactics of homosexual activists. When you feed an alligator (a bully) it only gets bigger. I’m also fed up with companies cowering over these bullies. I’ve spent a lot of money on Amazon over the years, but just like another company that I spent a lot of money with, that bent to the will of these bullies, I refuse to do business with them since they made that fatal decision. (that company’s stock dropped like a lead balloon over a period of a year or so, so I wasn’t alone in my decision.) If Amazon makes the mistake of cow towing to these bullies, I would probably stop buying from Amazon and look for alternatives. The only thing worse to see than a bully are those that go down on their knees to the bullies.